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Teens And Blogs -
Internet Safety Wake-Up Call

In November of 2005, I read that a Roman
Catholic high school in Sparta had ordered its students
to remove personal blogs from the Internet, in the name
of protecting them from cyberpredators. Which brings me
to an important question, just how can you keep your
child safe online?

The Internet is a "gateway"
which leads the adult predator to your child. Parents
need to recognize the need to better monitor their
children’s online activity. I believe that websites like
xanga,...

In November of 2005, I read that a Roman Catholic
high school in Sparta had ordered its students to remove
personal blogs from the Internet, in the name of
protecting them from cyberpredators. Which brings me to
an important question, just how can you keep your child
safe online?

The Internet is a "gateway" which
leads the adult predator to your child. Parents need to
recognize the need to better monitor their children’s
online activity. I believe that websites like xanga,
myspace, and livejournal, make it all too easy for
sexual predators to prey on our children.

Children are vulnerable and they don’t realize that
anyone can and most likely is reading their blog
entries. Both my children have blogs, however they are
under moderation by both my husband and I. Frankly, as a
parent of two teenagers I believe that it is up to us as
parents to educate our children about the online
dangers.

Children's blogs are a pedophile’s
playground, because of the easy ability to look into a
child’s world. As parents we can help our children stay
safe while using a blog. For information about
Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing
safety please visit http://BlogSafety.com and
http://SafeTeens.com

Regarding sites like hi5:
I've received several invitations from hi5, but I never
signed up until November 2005. It wasn’t long before I
was removing my account. I should have read the privacy
policy before I registered.

It reads: hi5
collects personal information when you register, when
you use hi5, when you visit hi5 pages or the pages of
certain hi5 partners. hi5 may combine information about
you that we have with information we obtain from
business partners or other companies. Once you register
with hi5 and sign in to our services, you are not
anonymous to us. hi5 collects information about your
transactions with us and with some of our business
partners. hi5 automatically receives and records
information on our server logs from your browser.

Basically, they have spyware.

Hi5 collects
your Hotmail or yahoo address lists and contacts. Once
you register there is an e-mail that is sent to
everyone in your address book. This e-mail is sent
without your permission.

The website also
requests, your hotmail and yahoo password. I never gave
my password, I was not that gullible. However hi5 was
still able to gather my information and contact those
listed in my address book. I finally was able to delete
my account, through the instructions in their help file.

In my opinion, hi5 is even worse than xanga and
myspace.

I encourage all parents, whose children
have an account on hi5, to log into hi5 and delete their
children’s account.

Too much personal information
is being revealed on these websites, making it a haven
for sexual predators. Parents need to wake up.

I
for one, am very concerned with websites like hi5,
MySpace, Xanga, DeadJournal, Blurty, etc that encourage
children to post their photos and personal information.

I strongly suggest that if your child uses the
computer and you have not been monitoring their
activity, it is time that you found out just what
they are doing.

A report aired Dateline Friday,
Jan. 27, at 9 p.m. by Rob Stafford, a Correspondent of
NBC News, tells parents why they should mind MySpace. If
you have not seen this report, I suggest you take a
moment to view it at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11064451/

You owe it
to your children.

Which brings me to my next
concern, the Internet is a scary place, filled with all
kind of strange people. I believe that when you post
your child’s picture on the net, you put them at risk.

Did you know that your personal information, such as
your home phone number and address can easily be found
on the internet?

If this isn’t one reason to make
you reconsider posting your child’s picture on the
internet, how about that in this day and age, photos can
be digitally altered and appear on porn sites.

According to the National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children more than 20,000 images of child
pornography are posted on the internet every week.

Donna Rice Hughes of http://Protectkids.com states,
“… the demand for pornographic images of babies and
toddlers on the internet is soaring.” (Prof. Max Taylor,
Combating Paedophile Information Networks in Europe,
March 2003). More babies and toddlers are appearing on
the net and the abuse is getting worse. Images are more
torturous and sadistic than they were was before.The
typical age of children found on pornography sites is
between 6 and 12, but the profile is getting younger
(Prof. Max Taylor, Combating Paedophile Information
Networks in Europe, March 2003). The U.S. Customs
Service estimates that there are more than 100,000 web
sites offering child pornography - which is illegal
worldwide. Red Herring Magazine, 1/18/02)”

I
don't consider myself paranoid, but I don't post my
children's pictures on the internet and I believe that
you shouldn't either. We all have cute children and are
proud of them. But parents, please use some common
sense. Keep your child safe and out of the arms of child
predators. A good website to check out is:
http://members.tripod.com/~Seadooer/sayno-contests.html

Say no to children's pictures on the web and for
goodness sake, monitor your child’s internet activity.
Our children are our most valuable asset, love them and
protect them.

The Teenage Blog
Outbreak

Blogs are the new buzzword in cyberspace. Anyone and
everyone who uses the Internet now know about the
concept of Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog
Writing. Though males and females, young and
old alike are Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog
Writing away, it is the teenagers who
have the briskness to use this new virtual platform to
its maximum potential.

Having grown up using the
computer and the Internet for a large number of their
informational needs, these first-generation computer
users are at ease when they convey their opinions, th...

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Blogs
are the new buzzword in cyberspace. Anyone and everyone
who uses the Internet now know about the concept of
Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing. Though males and females, young and old alike
are Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing away, it is the teenagers who have the
briskness to use this new virtual platform to its
maximum potential.

Having grown up using the
computer and the Internet for a large number of their
informational needs, these first-generation computer
users are at ease when they convey their opinions,
thoughts and feelings using the web technology. The use
of various platforms of communication on the net comes
extremely naturally to them. Unlike older writers who
sometimes tend to experience moment of stagnation, the
teens can be seen Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog
Writing effortlessly.

The
rapid emergence of blogs can be attributed to the
unequaled characteristic of the platform where teens can
acquire a sense of satisfaction from expressing
themselves while remaining anonymous if they want to.
Teens create their own Blogging, Blog Publishing &
Blog Writing space and invite
friends, peers and even strangers to join in. This
allows for them to receive the much-needed attention
that many youngsters today want. But, one of the most
frightful nightmares of a teen is the fear that a parent
or a custodian will chance upon his or her blog.

Though teenagers can write with great alacrity on the
Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing platforms, they have very little experience of
writing beyond the Internet. This is primarily because
publishers of magazines, journals and newspapers are
extremely skeptical of publishing young writers. This
discourages the youngsters and is probably throttling a
major talent which is emerging.

Blogging,
Blog Publishing & Blog Writing has
found acceptability among the youth since it allows them
a forum wherein they can express themselves and showcase
their talents without the restraining arms of the
publisher. The large reach of this new-age phenomenon
grants them the flexibility of using their technical
skills to acquire attention and to gain a readership for
their writing.

Blogging, Blog Publishing &
Blog Writing is also a medium by which
people with similar interests and opinions can come
together and share views. Discussions, arguments and
debates can abet thought and can provide positive
reinforcements to the teens of the world. This medium of
self expression helps the teenagers to put their
thoughts out there where someone will notice it. And
given the busy schedules of most parents, it provides a
much-needed release.

Tales From the
Blogosphere

Got a blog? If not, why not? Blogging, Blog
Publishing & Blog Writing is all the rage
and not a fad. Read on how two blogs have transformed
two of my own web sites.

I entered the
blogosphere fairly late in the game. More than three
years after starting and managing several busy forums
and web sites, I dabbled with Blogging, Blog
Publishing & Blog Writing through regular
entries to one of my aviation web sites. Within weeks I
got tired of the discipline – not of writing – but of
ftp’ing everything to the web. I gave up as I decided
Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing wasn’t for me.

Fortunately, I didn’t
stay away as I saw a challenge, and an opportunity, in
front of me. Having blogged on other people’s sites, I
felt that if I could blog <i>there</i>, I could blog
<i>anywhere</i>, including on my own blogs. Taking a
look at my options, I decided to download WordPress and
I now run two blogs from two separate web sites.

I am thrilled with each blog’s success and have no
plans of giving up on what I am doing. In fact, I am
mulling over starting a couple of more blogs as I see
the value of this type of medium online.

So, how
are my site’s doing? Very well according to my sites’
statistics. No, there isn’t much activity as far as
comments go, but my information is getting read and the
blogs are bringing additional traffic to both sites.
Let’s just say that the traffic increases alone have
been enough to keep me going, but other factors weigh in
including:

<b>Blurbs</b> – There are times when a
full length article just doesn’t cut it, but a blurb
[pithy paragraph] does. Blogs are great for showcasing
tidbits of information and allowing bloggers to link to
the full article if more information is desired.

<b>Links</b> – On my Jet Movements blog, I added over
200 aviation related links recently. Within days,
traffic to my site increased and the first page rankings
came back from Google. Less than six weeks after
starting, the traffic to this particular blog has been
great.

<b>Showcase</b> – My second blog, The
Article Writer, has helped me communicate better to my
customers. Now, my customers can read about my writing
style, my comments on raising SEO, book reviews, and
more. This blog has given a “human touch” to an
otherwise good, but too-business-like web site.

<b>Idea Farm</b> – Some of my blogs have turned into
articles as I have taken a short, concise work and
expanded on what I wrote through an article. Saves me
time, too, as all I have to do is add a couple of extra
paragraphs and my article is usually done.

Yes,
Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing is a great way to communicate for business
folks as well as teens. Some have thought that
Blogging, Blog Publishing & Blog Writing
was a fad, but I must say that it isn’t and it is
certainly here to stay. Have you started your blog yet?